Classes and Events

The FloraCultural Society will be hosting a Floral Design class taught by Flora's owner, Anna Campbell.

In this class you will learn to design gorgeous arrangements, using the Dahlia as your focal flower. You will be taught to design in your hand...a versatile way of arranging that can be both wrapped up and brought to a friend, or slipped into a vase in your home. The class will focus on scale, helping you to balance your structure with these large focal flowers. At the end of the day you will take home the gorgeous blooms you've arranged!

The class will be held on Saturday, August 15th from 10-1pm at the FloraCultural Society

Floral supplies will be provided along with lunch from one of our neighboring vendors

The FloraCulturalSociety is hosting a floral drawing class for children this August!

This class is specially created for us and is based upon Carolyn Fee's course for young children, taught both in schools and privately, which is based upon projects which encourage further discovery of each child's unique relationship with art making utilizing music, language and the adventure of keen observation of the world around them.

We will be engaged in a drawing process which encourages noticing the wondrous in nature through visually exploring and recording the floral world. We will be keeping in mind that when we draw, we are touching the world in an original way. Following the drawing, we will create a water color collage based upon our drawing experience.

Open to all skill levels, particular processes will be adapted for varying ages in the group

ages 6-12 (email Carolyn for exceptions) and parents who would like to join the fun!

About Carolyn:

Carolyn Fee is an artist, educator, and art consultant. She is the founder and teacher of "For the Love of Drawing", a course dedicated to deepening the drawing experience. She has been teaching drawing for fifteen years.

"Under Carolyn's tutelage we have all created drawings we never would have thought we could accomplish. I think it is because Carolyn has an uncanny ability of seeing what you can do, even when you can't see it for yourself. What I have found most remarkable is her ability to hone in on the uniqueness of each student's style without dismissing their work even when it may fail to meet the technical goals at the hand. She pushes them to find their own hand print."

Please direct any questions you have regarding this workshop to Carolyn at carolynfee@comcast.net

The FloraCultural society is teaming up with Liz Birnbaum from "The Curated Feast", to bring you a Lecture and Floral Design course focusing on Botanical Imperialism. In this class, you will explore the social history of flowers from early european expansion to the present and learn to design with them based on their unique properties. Saving the best for last, you'll head home with your gorgeous arrangements in hand!

Lunch will be served from one of our neighboring vendors.

The class will be held on Sunday, July 26th from 10-1pm at the FloraCultural Society

Because we had so much fun the first time, we are co-hosting another natural dying class this summer with Sasha Duerr!

The class will be held on Saturday July 18th from 10-1pm at the FloraCultural Society

We are very excited to be partnering with natural dye expert, Sasha Duerr for this event. Sasha is an artist and designer who works with natural dyes and fibers, creatively repurposing our everyday environment into vibrant organic color. Author of The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes, Duerr is an expert in retrieving color from local plants throughout each season. Her work has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Selvedge, The Huffington Post and Whole Living.

In this course, we will make dye baths using Zinnias, Coreopsis, Hollyhock, Pokeberry and Indigo, giving us an array of colors to dye with! We will supply a set of six beautiful table napkins for each student to dye, and take home with them at the end of the class.

A Workshop dedicated to deepening the drawing experience whilst celebrating the splendor of flowers.

Experience relaxed, alert, awareness and the mystical activation of the mind through this meditative practice. In this class, we will work to explore personal tactile expression and various modes of mark making. Formal aspects of two dimensional art will be introduced.

In the second portion of the class, students will be taught to make their own arrangements using textural blooms such as Peonies, Veronica, scabiosa, smoke bush and garden roses. The arrangement is yours to take with you at the end of the course!

Carolyn Fee is an artist, educator, and art consultant. She is the founder and teacher of "For the Love of Drawing", a course dedicated to deepening the drawing experience. She has been teaching drawing for fifteen years.

"Under Carolyn's tutelage we have all created drawings we never would have thought we could accomplish. I think it is because Carolyn has an uncanny ability of seeing what you can do, even when you can't see it for yourself. What I have found most remarkable is her ability to hone in on the uniqueness of each student's style without dismissing their work even when it may fail to meet the technical goals at the hand. She pushes them to find their own hand print."

Pleas direct any questions you have regarding this workshop to Carolyn at carolynfee@comcast.net

It's the beginning of Spring and the first blooms are already starting to come on - Anemones, Flowering Branches, and Narcissus are front and center in our shop this time of year. Ever thought about growing your own cut flower garden? Lennie Larkin, of Petaluma based B-side flower farm, is here to help! Join us for a 2 hour class where you will learn the basics of how to start your own cut flower patch and then create your our own Seasonal masterpiece to bring home with you.

Ingredients will include Dusty Miller, Privet, Scented geranium, olive branches and hellebore from Lennie’s farm as well as Citrus branches, poppies, ranunculus, sweet peas, and tulips. We will lend hands on instruction and share with you our design techniques for creating a small, seasonal centerpiece.

This class is open to students of all levels and all materials including clippers, flowers, and a vessel will be provided. Light refreshments from one of our favorite local purveyors will be on hand for all to enjoy.

Pre-Order or Pick-upa Bouquet to Dye For on or before Valentine's Day and bring it back the following week to repurpose your flowers into dyes!

We are very excited to be partnering with natural dye expert, Sasha Duerr for this event. Sasha is an artist and designer who works with natural dyes and fibers, creatively repurposing our everyday environment into vibrant organic color. Author of The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes, Duerr is an expert in retrieving color from local plants throughout each season. Her work has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Selvedge, The Huffington Post and Whole Living.

The bouquet will come wrapped in a stunning textile that we will ask you to bring back and dye with us in class.

Beer from the Trappist will be provided, so feel free to bring an observer.